The Buzz | CBS News correspondent John Miller takes job with NYPD

John Miller on the set of 'CBS This Morning' in New York. CBS News correspondent Miller has bounced between journalism and law enforcement for many years. Now he's jumping back to work for incoming New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton.

CBS News correspondent John Miller has bounced between journalism and law enforcement for years, and now he's headed back to work for incoming New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton.

CBS confirmed Miller's imminent exit Thursday.

Miller's extensive law enforcement contacts made him valuable at CBS, notably for his reporting this year on the Boston Marathon bombing. But his recent "60 Minutes" story on the National Security Agency received criticism for being one-sided in favor of the government agency. Miller and his boss, CBS News President David Rhodes, defended the story, and Rhodes said Thursday it had nothing to do with Miller's exit.

The timing was awkward for CBS, when news reports suggesting that Miller would rejoin Bratton began appearing only days after the "60 Minutes" report.

Miller did not make clear exactly what he will do for Bratton. He served as deputy commissioner and chief spokesman for the New York City police during Bratton's first tenure as police commissioner in the 1990s. He followed Bratton to Los Angeles and was head of the police department's counterterrorism and criminal intelligence bureau.

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The Buzz | CBS News correspondent John Miller takes job with NYPD

CBS News correspondent John Miller has bounced between journalism and law enforcement for years, and now he's headed back to work for incoming New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton.